The Book of English Songs: From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth CenturyCharles Mackay |
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... light in her eye : Her very frowns are better far Than smiles of other maidens are ! I LOVE BUT THEE . IF after all you still will doubt and fear me , And think this heart to other loves will stray , If I must swear then , lovely ...
... light in her eye : Her very frowns are better far Than smiles of other maidens are ! I LOVE BUT THEE . IF after all you still will doubt and fear me , And think this heart to other loves will stray , If I must swear then , lovely ...
Page 225
... light , Far away . Now hark ! the woodland haunt is found ! For now the merry bugles sound Their sylvan lay : As each sweet measure floats along , Sweet Echo wakes her mimic song , Far away . The stag now rous'd , right onward speeds ...
... light , Far away . Now hark ! the woodland haunt is found ! For now the merry bugles sound Their sylvan lay : As each sweet measure floats along , Sweet Echo wakes her mimic song , Far away . The stag now rous'd , right onward speeds ...
Page 268
... lights us home to bed . On tops of dewy grass So nimbly do we pass , The young and tender stalk Ne'er bends when we ... light , And press them down ; -I've need of none , Since I have felt thy weight : He that shall change his frown to ...
... lights us home to bed . On tops of dewy grass So nimbly do we pass , The young and tender stalk Ne'er bends when we ... light , And press them down ; -I've need of none , Since I have felt thy weight : He that shall change his frown to ...
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Abraham Newland Bacchus beauty born bosom bowl boys brave breath British grenadiers CHARLES DIBDIN CHARLES MACKAY charms cheer cold County Guy cuckoo dear death delight died doth drink e'er England English eyes fair Falero fear flowers give glory Harry Carey hath heart Hearts of oak heav'n his soul heaven high trolollie John jolly King kiss ladies land lass leather bottèl lero live Lord love's lovers maid merrily merry mind morn ne'er never night o'er old cap Opera-box pain passion pipe pleasure poor praise pretty R. B. SHERIDAN round row row Rule Britannia sail sailors shepherds ship sigh smile sorrow soul may dwell sport sung swain sweet tears tell thee there's thine THOMAS THOMAS HAYNES BAYLEY THOMAS MOORE thou tree true Twas Vicar of Bray wine wish in heav'n youth